Felix Cherniavsky - News Clippings 1910s 2

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Felix Cherniavsky - News Clippings 1910s 2

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) over 66 ( 6 THE MAUD ALLAN LIBEL Jueves 118 ACTION . The Era VERDICT OF " NOT GUILTY . " Mr. Noel Pemberton Billing , M.P. , gure Prendered to his bail at the Old Bailey on Wednesday , before Mr. Justice Darling , to answer a charge of publishing a false and defamatory libel in a newspaper , the " Vigi . lante , " on Miss Maud Allan and Mr. J. T. Grein . Mr. W. E. Hume - Williams , K.C. , Mr. Travers Humphreys , and Mr. J. P. Valetta appeared for the prosecution , and the defendant conducted his own case . Mr. Hume - Williams , in opening the case , said that Miss Maud Allan's character was ' doubly concerned in this case , because in stead of being content with a plea of not guilty , the defendant had chosen to put a plea on record in which he said that the statements he had made about her were true . Miss Allan was the pioneer of a new school of dancing , a kind of classical Grecian dance , which was intended to ' bo the expression of a poem . In 1903 sho made her first public appearance , and sub sequently presented a dance which became famous all the world , called the Vision of Salome . " It was performed in this country in 1908 with conspicuous suc cess . Mr , J. T. Grein , who was connected with the Independent Theatre , decided to produce a play called " Salome , " written by the late Oscar Wilde . Possibly because Miss Maud Allan had been dancing the Vision of Salome ” she was invited to take part in the performanco of this play . There was not one word in the play from beginning to end which suggested anything but the straightforward passion of a woman for a man . Miss Maud Allan in the witness - box gavo evidence concerning her career , bearing out counsel's opening statement . Her own dance , “ The Vision of Salome , " had nothing to do with the play of “ Salome , " in which quite a different dance was given . Except for her role in the play , she had nothing to do with the performance , and was not even a member of the Independent Theatre : The case was continued on Thursday , Friday and Saturday , when two doctors , two dramatic critics ( Mr. G. E. Morrison and Mr. Bernard Weller ) , and a famous divino ( Father Bernard Vaughan ) word called by the defence to testify that Salomo was an impure work . A gurprise event of Monday's sitting was the calling of Mr. J. T. Grein , prosecutor “ PAN LAUGHS " AT COURT . in the next indictment of Mr. Billing , as a At the Court Theatre on Monday Lady , subpoznaed witness for the defence . Here anis Constanco Stewart - Richardson inaugurated the jurige was often obliged to pull up Mr. ing a series of periormances , the programme of Billing ior cross - examining instead of ex roft which includes a pantomime dansante by amining Mr. Grein . 1. Weigall , music by Manuel Gomez . Mr. Billing and Mr. Hume Williams hav Tolt " Pan Laughs ” relates how a child ofling addressed the jury , the judge gummod rior nature , only intent on the joy of life as up yesterday . He said that what the jury net expressed by dancing , is endeavouring to had to consider was , whether the libel was ' Tay escape tlie unwelcome attentions of men . A libel on Miss Maud Allin ; wag it calcu Colt soldier tries to lure her with offers of gold lated to produce a breach of the peace ; and jewels , but she scurnfully rejects his was it true in substance and fact ; and was : for offers . She dances , and Pan appears . it for the public benefit that it should con- Startled at ñrst , she at length becomes en have been published ? little thralled , loses all lear , and joins him . When The jury retired at 3.15 , and after an I by Pan attempts to carry her of to his cave , absence of one hour and twenty minutes , y re . however , she repulseg him and cries aloud returned it verdict of " Not Guilty . " pos . for help to the soldier , but he has poisoned The other indictments were not proceeded h 1 66 9 ) 1 , OIL jor nce ♡ to.himall fall ... 1 1 etc